Recaps

Mr. Pig met Shadow, who asked him for intelligence on the Bell Society so she could settle a grudge, and he agreed to help. He then used their master's spittoon-like artifact to seal her Mystical Abilities and confine her, revealing that their master and an unknown writer wanted her kept out of the contest.

• Mr. Pig learned that Shadow had arrived in the Capital and ordered his people to delay the Bell Society deal and stand down from their escort mission.
• Shadow told Mr. Pig that the Bell Society had attacked her and asked for information about its Court Faction Players and members taking part in the Great Qian Dynasty's mission.
• Mr. Pig agreed to give Shadow the Bell Society files after she pleaded with him, and the two entered his hidden room.
• Mr. Pig activated the spittoon-like artifact, which absorbed Shadow's shadow and sealed her Mystical Abilities.
• Shadow attacked Mr. Pig after he explained that their master had ordered him to confine her, at the request of an unknown writer, until the contest ended.

Ren Ye and Yan Duoduo negotiated with Mr. Pig for Mystical Ability items to prepare the New Year's Watchers for the Qingliang Prefecture Star Gate, while Ren Ye noticed his father’s age and reassured him. After inspecting a powerful crossbow, the chapter ended with Li Biao visiting his parents’ graves and lamenting that he had not seen them before they died.

• Yan Duoduo woke Ren Ye and hurried him to meet Mr. Pig, and Ren Ye noticed his father’s white hair before leaving and embraced him.
• Mr. Pig welcomed Ren Ye and Yan Duoduo to the Number Ten Pawnshop and offered Mystical Ability items at a limited markup, with protective information at cost.
• Mr. Pig asked Ren Ye to do three future tasks for the Fraud Merchants' Association if Ren Ye gained Qingliang Prefecture’s inheritance and advanced to a Third Tier Player, and Yan Duoduo secured approval.
• Mr. Pig revealed that Li Yan and other influential figures had helped change his attitude, and Ren Ye eagerly accepted Mr. Pig as a sworn-brother prospect.
• Mr. Pig presented a Zhuge Demon-Slaying Crossbow, which Ren Ye identified as a powerful weapon, and Ren Ye began inspecting the goods.
• Li Biao visited his parents’ grave, poured Maotai over it, and mourned that he had not been able to see them before they died.

Ren Ye and Yan Duoduo arranged weapons for the SSS-rank mission while Yang Nan organized the New Year's Watchers at the Qingliang Prefecture Star Gate. After securing 489 qualified slots, Yang Nan and Wang Pei accepted the mission, and Editor Xu left the Star Gate for the Real World to contact someone in the Capital.

• Ren Ye learned from Yan Duoduo that Yang Nan would help command the final battle and that the New Year's Watchers' six ministries reflected their commitment to heritage.
• Yang Nan arrived at the Qingliang Prefecture Star Gate, learned that Qian Li and sixty-one Independent Players were demanding Star Source to surrender their slots, and refused to pay them.
• Yang Nan warned Qian Li's group they would receive no New Year's Watchers support if they accepted the mission, then ordered underqualified New Year's Watchers to abandon their slots.
• Yang Nan directed the remaining qualified New Year's Watchers to accept the mission and prepare to gather at headquarters; most of Qian Li's group left, and Qian Li eventually gave up his slot too.
• By late night, the New Year's Watchers had secured 489 slots, with Yang Nan and Wang Pei accepting the mission last before returning to visit their families.
• Editor Xu left Qingliang Prefecture Star Gate for Shanghai, then called someone in the Capital and said he would come meet them.

Ren Ye arrived at Vermilion Bird City and wrote a report for the New Year's Watchers while its leaders considered his potential inheritance. Meanwhile, Ren Daguo met Editor Xu, who confronted him about their long friendship and learned that Ren Daguo was a Scholar who had worked for many Gate Eyes.

• Yan Duoduo brought Ren Ye to Vermilion Bird City and ordered him to write an honest account of the second act for the Gatekeeper.
• Fan Ming concluded that Ren Ye's inheritance might be tied to a Human Emperor and declared that Ren Ye had to join him.
• Ren Ye spent the next day writing his report without leaving his room.
• Ren Daguo met Editor Xu in a Capital café, where Editor Xu accused him of having used their friendship.
• Ren Daguo admitted that he had initially wanted to free Ren Ye from prison, but said he had never meant to make Editor Xu violate the Star Gates' rules.
• Ren Daguo revealed that many Gate Eyes had hired him and that his inheritance class was Scholar; Editor Xu then said he hoped Qingliang Prefecture would find a master so he could leave his Star Gate.

New Year's Watchers leaders gathered to review Ren Ye's report and determine his aptitude and mentor. The crimson-robed Gatekeeper bypassed the usual assessment and named Ren Ye his disciple, leaving Fan Ming to realize his rival was Lin Xiang.

• Yan Duoduo told Ren Ye that New Year's Watchers had secured 489 max-level first-tier Players for the Qingliang Prefecture mission, then delivered Ren Ye's report to the Moon-Gazing Pavilion.
• Fan Ming tried to claim Ren Ye as his protégé while Yan Duoduo and the leaders discussed Ren Ye's likely aptitude and the Human Emperor legacy.
• The crimson-robed man read Ren Ye's report, asked Yan Duoduo about Ren Ye's character, and wrote "Disciple" on the final page.
• Ren Ye sensed the crimson-robed man watching him from the loft and looked up, feeling exposed by his gaze.
• Yan Duoduo announced that Ren Ye had no aptitude assessment and was instead named the Gatekeeper Lin Xiang's disciple, shocking Fan Ming.

Ren Ye joined the New Year's Watchers in a solemn oath ceremony, where he learned that the Rebirth Forest preserved the consciousness of fallen comrades. As Ren Ye prepared to enter the Qingliang Prefecture Star Gate, a stranger brought a huge haul of New Year's Watcher Wordless Steles to the Black Cage Fort Convenience Store.

• Fan Ming presided over Ren Ye's oath ceremony, gave him a yellow uniform and Wordless Stele, and explained how fallen Watchers were remembered in the Rebirth Forest.
• Ren Ye swore the New Year's Watchers' oath before the main Wordless Stele, and lights in the Rebirth Forest flickered to welcome him.
• Lin Xiang told Zhao Baicheng that Ren Ye had to face his own opportunity and tribulation, while Zhao Baicheng offered to attack Black Cage Fortress.
• A straw-hatted man arrived at the Black Cage Fort Convenience Store and dumped a large number of New Year's Watcher Wordless Steles on the counter to settle the bill.

Wang Tudou returned to Black Cage Fortress with the spoils from his year of fighting, while Chaos Faction leaders prepared their players for the Great Qian Dynasty Star Gate mission. In Vermilion Bird City, Ren Ye learned that Mr. Pig’s shipment and the 489 assembled players were ready, signaling another Star Gate entry.

• Wang Tudou arrived at Black Cage Fortress carrying two sacks and greeted He the Actor, Yao Sen, Mr. Lu, and Little Dwarf, who treated him with unusual respect despite his silver bell.
• Mr. He explained that Wang Tudou had the Bell Society’s worst talent and Star Gate inheritance, but had still earned the exceptional position of Rent Collector.
• The Landlord told Guo Caier, Xing Tao, Scholar, and Coachman that the Chaos Faction had gathered three thousand players and supplied Mystical Ability items for the Qingliang Prefecture Star Gate contest.
• The Landlord asked Guo Caier to stay behind after the others prepared to leave.
• A New Year's Watcher from the Ministry of Rites told Ren Ye that Mr. Pig’s shipment had arrived and 489 people had assembled, and Ren Ye realized he would soon enter a Star Gate again.

The Landlord revealed that Wang Hong had secured Guo Caier’s chance to enter Qingliang Prefecture and left her a drawer room, prompting Guo Caier to swear she would win. As the New Year’s Watchers and three thousand Chaos Faction Players entered the Star Gate, Old Xu prepared to witness the final battle in Qingliang Prefecture.

• The Landlord told Guo Caier that her mother, Wang Hong, had earned her and Xing Tao their entry tokens and had placed a drawer room under Guo Caier’s name; Guo Caier wept and vowed to win.
• Young Players on Cloud Summit mocked the recruits below, then threw down Star Source and Mystical Ability items; Wang Tudou gave away his accumulated Star Source and called the Human Emperor inheritance a stepping stone.
• Ren Ye and 488 other New Year’s Watchers entered the Qingliang Prefecture Star Gate after Zhao Baicheng asked them to bring the Human Emperor back to Huaxia, and the three thousand Chaos Faction Players entered as well.
• Mr. Pig told Shadow that both sides had entered, while Ren Daguo prepared to write a story after confirming the New Year’s Watchers had left.
• Old Xu watched Zuo Xuan’s fifty thousand soldiers from Qingliang Mountain and declared that Prince Huai had returned and the final battle had begun.

Ren Ye learned that Emperor Jing had sent fifty thousand soldiers and three thousand supernatural ability users to seize the Human Emperor Seal, forcing him to prepare Qingliang Prefecture’s defense while receiving an inheritance in Princess Anping’s Tomb. He gathered his allies to inspect Dangshan Pass, while Zuo Xuan prepared to attack after You Hour and threatened to massacre the city.

• The Star Gate announced that Ren Ye had to receive the Outsider’s legacy within six double-hours while defending Qingliang Prefecture from Emperor Jing’s army.
• Ren Ye realized the battle would hinge on holding Dangshan Pass long enough to obtain the legacy and protect the city’s people.
• Ren Ye woke Lian'er and Er Leng, learned it was Chen Hour, and ordered Er Leng to summon Yang Nan and Xu Peng.
• Ren Ye met Yang Nan, Xu Peng, Li Yan, Liu Ji Shan, Tang Feng, and the other New Year's Watchers, then ordered them and the local commanders to inspect Dangshan Pass.
• Zuo Xuan learned the mist would clear after You Hour and ordered his forces to prepare to attack, promising pardon to those who surrendered and a massacre if Qingliang Prefecture resisted.

At Dangshan Pass, Ren Ye appointed Yang Nan commander-in-chief and concentrated Qingliang Prefecture’s preparations on delaying the court’s fifty thousand troops in the gorge. Zuo Xuan planned the court’s advance while keeping the three thousand Supernatural Ability Users in reserve, and Yang Nan proposed a four-thousand-man suicide squad as Xu Qingzhao remained asleep beneath Qingliang Mountain.

• Ren Ye discovered that he had ordered Dangshan Pass demolished, then agreed with Yang Nan that the gorge was the key place to resist the court’s army.
• Ren Ye appointed Yang Nan commander-in-chief, and Yang Nan ordered troop and equipment counts, defensive preparations, and the use of New Year’s Watchers to speed the work.
• Zuo Xuan rejected Wei Yan’s proposal to lead the attack with Supernatural Ability Users and ordered them to disguise themselves as soldiers and remain in reserve.
• Yang Nan warned that the gorge defenses alone might not stop the army and proposed a suicide squad of roughly four thousand men to slow its advance.
• Beneath Qingliang Mountain, Xu Qingzhao remained asleep as Yin and Yang Qi reshaped her Dao body and nourished her original body.

As Qingliang Prefecture prepared for the imperial army’s attack, Er Leng and the Prince-Protection Party veterans led a suicide force toward Dangshan while Ren Ye entered the tomb’s ninth level. There, an awakened woman identified herself as someone surnamed Yin, and an azure beam erupted from Qingliang Mountain.

• Er Leng, Zhang Gui, Lin Zifu, and other veterans volunteered to lead four thousand soldiers and fifty Supernatural Ability Users to cut off the imperial army’s route, and Ren Ye entrusted the mission to them.
• Yang Nan arranged defenses around the canyon road after learning that Qingliang Prefecture had more than eight thousand four hundred troops available.
• Er Leng recalled how Prince Huai had saved him and his horse, Little Orange, and Lian'er gave him a Daoist Talisman before he departed with the assembled veterans.
• Zhang Gui led four thousand men out of the city toward Dangshan, promising his wife he would return the next morning.
• Ren Ye entered the tomb through the eighth level and crossed the barrier to the ninth level as You Hour arrived.
• A female voice asked whether Ren Ye had come and said she thought her surname was Yin; an azure beam then shot up from Qingliang Mountain.

Ren Ye opened Princess Anping’s coffin and received Yin Susu’s inheritance, beginning a dangerous process that required him to sense all of Qingliang Prefecture. Outside Canyon Pass, Zuo Xuan’s army began its planned advance toward Dangshan.

• Ren Ye reached Princess Anping’s burial chamber, opened her coffin, and found the Human Emperor Seal resting on her preserved body.
• Yin Susu emerged from the seal, entered Ren Ye’s brow, and the Star Gate announced that he had obtained the Ninety-Nine Human Emperor inheritance, warning that interruption would kill them both.
• Ren Ye’s perception expanded across Princess Tomb as the Human Emperor Sword and Seal helped regulate Destiny and offered their reserves to the hungry Yin Susu.
• At Canyon Pass, Yang Nan and Liu Ji Shan watched the court army assemble and prepared to follow their plan.
• Zuo Xuan ordered the vanguard to march toward Dangshan, with ten thousand infantry entering Canyon Pass first, and his forces called on Qingliang Prefecture to surrender.

Yang Nan’s forces ambushed the vanguard at Dangshan Pass after Wu Pingnan sent infantry and cavalry through the gorge and Taoists to search the cliffs. With the Celestial Surveillance Bureau Taoists caught off guard and the vanguard under attack from both sides, the Battle of Dangshan began.

• Wu Pingnan ordered his infantry into the gorge road while keeping the cavalry back, then sent Taoists to inspect the cliffs.
• Yang Nan’s hidden group waited as the Taoists searched the cliffs with talismans, and Liu Ji Shan was burned and kicked to keep him quiet.
• Wu Pingnan sent two thousand cavalry through the gorge, followed by another two thousand, while Yang Nan ordered his team to target the Taoists.
• Thirty New Year’s Watchers fired Heavenly Pearl Arrows from Zhuge Demon-Slaying Crossbows, killing nearly a hundred Taoists and scattering the rest.
• Yang Nan activated Ten Thousand Armies, Obey Orders, sending commands to four thousand cavalry hidden on both sides of the gorge.
• Er Leng, Tao Wenyuan, Zhang Gui, and Lin Zifu led cavalry charges toward the Wu command banner as Wu Pingnan ordered his troops to form up and fight.

Wu Pingnan’s cavalry clashed with Er Leng, Zhang Gui, and the Prince Huai loyalists, then retreated toward Zuo Xuan’s central army as Er Leng pursued Wu Pingnan. At Canyon Pass, Yang Nan’s ambush continued while he held the New Year’s Watchers in reserve to see whether the imperial army would send reinforcements.

• Wu Pingnan led six thousand cavalry against four thousand enemy riders, but Zhang Gui and his son cut through the enemy ranks and toppled their banners.
• Er Leng, whose name was Hong Jiadi, charged through the enemy cavalry and challenged Wu Pingnan to fight.
• Zuo Xuan ordered Wu Pingnan’s cavalry to withdraw toward the central army, leaving the troops at Canyon Pass without immediate support.
• Zhang Gui’s forces pursued the retreating cavalry, and Er Leng killed Wu Pingnan’s assistant commander before attacking Wu Pingnan.
• Yang Nan watched the attack on the troops in Canyon Pass and ordered the New Year’s Watchers to hold back while he waited to see if reinforcements arrived.

Zuo Xuan sent four thousand cavalry and reinforcements toward Canyon Pass while keeping the main army back until he knew the defenders’ strength. At the pass, Er Leng broke Wu Pingnan’s golden defenses, killed him, and triggered a rout among the imperial troops.

• Zuo Xuan ordered four thousand cavalry to circle the battle and support the trapped troops from outside Canyon Pass, while the Divine Engine Battalion and a thousand Celestial Surveillance Bureau Taoists reinforced Wu Pingnan’s remaining cavalry.
• Yang Nan held back the New Year's Watchers with Mystical Abilities until the imperial reinforcements committed themselves, while Liu Ji Shan praised Er Leng’s fighting.
• Er Leng and Wu Pingnan fought across the grasslands as Zhang Gui and Tao Wenyuan protected Er Leng from enemy riders.
• Er Leng repeatedly struck one spot on Wu Pingnan’s neck until a golden ring cracked, then shattered it and killed Wu Pingnan despite being wounded in the shoulder.
• Lin Zifu cut down Wu Pingnan’s command banner, and the imperial troops broke into a rout.

Zuo Xuan tried to contain the rout after Wu Pingnan’s death while Yang Nan’s New Year’s Watchers unleashed their abilities to annihilate the trapped imperial troops at Canyon Pass. As the battle raged, a one-armed soldier walked alone against the fleeing army toward Qingliang Prefecture, and the chapter ended with a glimpse of an old man in the Real World.

• After Wu Pingnan fell, Zuo Xuan ordered his forces to encircle the enemy cavalry, keep the rout from spreading, and advance on Canyon Pass from both sides.
• Yang Nan signaled Er Leng, Zhang Gui, Tao Wenyuan, and Lin Zifu to withdraw, and Zhang Gui led the cavalry back toward Canyon Pass while drawing the pursuing forces after them.
• Yang Nan ordered the New Year’s Watchers to seal the pass, and Li Yan used Water-Ink World to bring them and their weapons to the entrance of First-Line Heaven.
• Wang Pei, Old Liu, Tang Feng, and the other New Year’s Watchers attacked the advancing imperial troops, killing and scattering them inside the pass.
• A one-armed soldier walked against the fleeing troops, passed through the New Year’s Watchers’ ambush without killing them, and continued alone toward Qingliang Prefecture.
• In the Real World, an old man’s hair had grown whiter and his wrinkles had deepened.

Zhang Gui and the other veteran generals led three thousand cavalry in a suicidal charge against the imperial armies, buying nearly two hours for the defenders at Canyon Pass. The gorge’s trapped imperial troops were wiped out, and Zhang Gui’s wounded eldest son returned alone with Prince Huai’s banner to report the cavalry’s sacrifice.

• Zhang Gui rallied his three thousand cavalry by reminding them that their homes and families lay behind Qingliang Mountain, then split them into two forces to charge the imperial formations.
• Yang Nan recognized that Zhang Gui’s cavalry were sacrificing themselves to buy time, while Liu Ji Shan urged the defenders to finish off the trapped enemy quickly.
• Zuo Xuan ordered the imperial armies to halt and withdraw, warning that the three thousand men were prepared to die and could kill far more.
• Zhang Gui and Lin Zifu broke through the Divine Engine Battalion, but Zhang Gui charged into the enemy ranks and Lin Zifu died after entrusting Prince Huai’s banner to Zhang Gui’s eldest son.
• Tao Wenyuan died fighting in the enemy formation, while the wounded Er Leng was carried south by Little Orange as a talisman began to glow.
• The cavalry’s charge bought nearly two hours, the defenders annihilated the enemy in Canyon Pass, and Zhang Gui’s eldest son rode in alone with the banner, reporting that the cavalry had fulfilled its mission and gone to their deaths.

After Qingliang Prefecture’s defenders defeated Wu Pingnan’s forces, Zuo Xuan regrouped his remaining army while the exhausted New Year's Watchers rallied themselves with a song. As the final battle approached, an unexpected one-armed soldier entered Princess Anping’s tomb, and Old Taoist Xu realized the Heavenly Dao had overlooked him.

• Zuo Xuan halted his remaining thirty thousand soldiers outside Canyon Pass and prepared them for another assault.
• Yang Nan’s defenders built corpse walls and obstacles, then Liu Ji Shan, Tang Feng, and the New Year's Watchers broke the somber mood by singing “Unity Is Strength.”
• Lin Xiang and Zhao Baicheng visited the Wordless Stele and discussed the sword strike left in reserve and Zhao Baicheng’s limited time remaining.
• A one-armed soldier climbed through the open levels of Princess Anping’s tomb, weeping as he passed the murals and trials.
• Ren Ye sensed the soldier enter the tomb, and Old Taoist Xu realized the Heavenly Dao had overlooked a piece.

Ren Ye received the Human Emperor’s inheritance while a one-armed soldier visited Princess Anping’s tomb and recounted why he had arrived decades too late to keep their appointment. As Ren Ye’s perception spread across Qingliang Prefecture and reached its boundary, Old Taoist Xu gradually lost his connection to the world, as though their roles were being handed over.

• The soldier reassured Ren Ye that he meant no harm, then approached Princess Anping’s coffin and mourned the appointment he had failed to keep.
• The soldier told how Wang Tong had persuaded him to abandon Princess Anping to protect her and her imperial family, and how he had severed his own right arm before leaving the Capital.
• The soldier placed peach cakes beside Princess Anping’s head while Ren Ye continued sensing every part of Qingliang Prefecture.
• Zuo Xuan ordered the imperial army to attack First-Line Heaven, and the Red-Clothed Cannons bombarded the cliffs as the infantry charged.
• Ren Ye’s consciousness spread across Qingliang Prefecture and met a barrier of white mist at its southern edge, which he understood to be the Star Gate boundary.
• As Ren Ye’s perception expanded, Old Taoist Xu’s perception diminished, and he felt both joy and reluctance as their mysterious handover progressed.

Zuo Xuan forced the Chaos Faction Players into obedience and ordered the imperial army to storm Canyon Pass as the exhausted defenders struggled to hold it. In Princess Anping's Tomb, Li Mu asked Ren Ye for a sword, and Ren Daguo began writing as the one-armed figurine came alive.

• Zuo Xuan killed a Chaos Faction Player who challenged his command, then threatened the others into silence.
• Zuo Xuan ordered nearly the entire imperial army to charge through Canyon Pass and promised to put Qingliang Mountain's city to the sword.
• Yang Nan, Liu Ji Shan, Li Yan, and the other New Year's Watchers fought on as their weapons and supplies ran low and the imperial attack intensified.
• The soldier beside Princess Anping revealed himself as Li Mu and asked Ren Ye for a sword to repay his kindness.
• Ren Daguo took up his pen as the figurine of the one-armed man glowed and seemed to come alive.

Ren Daguo recounted how his divorce and cancer diagnosis led him to write stories for Editor Xu, recover, and become a Star Gate Player whose abilities helped shape events around his children. As his health failed, he revived Li Mu to fulfill a final sword strike at Princess Anping's Tomb and call the Human Emperor back to his rightful place.

• Ren Daguo divorced his wife, learned he had intermediate-stage liver cancer, and resolved to provide for Ye and Qingning before he died.
• Ren Daguo began writing settings and stories for Editor Xu, discovered his cancer had healed, and became a Star Gate Player with the Scholar System profession of guest writer.
• Ren Daguo used his abilities to support Qingning and Ye, secretly help the New Year's Watchers, and kill visitors who threatened his children.
• Ren Daguo used Spirit Bestowal to revive Li Mu in Qinglian Township so he could keep his appointment at Princess Anping's Tomb.
• Ren Daguo told Li Mu to conceal a sword strike beneath the Heavenly Dao's rules, and Li Mu promised to summon the Human Emperor back to his rightful place.

Ren Daguo explained how he secretly guided Ren Ye through the Qingliang Prefecture Star Gate, then wrote a farewell to Ren Ye and Qingning before pouring all his vitality and star source into the white-clothed figurine to resurrect Li Mu. The clockwork stopped as Ren Daguo’s life ended.

• Ren Daguo admitted to Old Xu that he had helped shape the Qingliang Prefecture mission because he wanted to save Ren Ye and guide him without exposing him to outside organizations.
• After the New Year's Watchers freed Ren Ye from prison, Ren Daguo used a staged story and a planted letter to steer him toward crucial clues for the mission’s second act.
• Ren Daguo altered Mr. He's letter so it pointed Ren Ye toward jumping into the pool during the Sacrifice trial, and persuaded Old Xu to add a dream that supplied further clues.
• Ren Daguo reflected on the hardships Ren Ye and Qingning had endured and asked them not to grieve after his death.
• Ren Daguo wrote that he would be resurrected if a series of foretold signs came to pass, then transferred his vitality and star source into the white-clothed figurine to resurrect Li Mu.
• The sound of clockwork stopping rang out in the room as Ren Daguo's life came to an end.

Ren Daguo sacrificed his life force and Star Source Power to awaken Li Mu, who forged an overwhelming sword and used it to stop the Great Qian army at Canyon Pass. Li Mu left the battle victorious, while the sword’s power destabilized the Small Secret Realm and Old Taoist Xu struggled to suppress it.

• At Canyon Pass, Xu Peng and Yang Nan urged the exhausted defenders and New Year's Watchers to hold together as Zuo Xuan called for their surrender.
• Ren Daguo poured his life force and Star Source Power into Li Mu, who shaped the energy into an ancient longsword with two fingers.
• Li Mu announced that he was honoring his appointment and sending Princess Anping of Jing to her rest, then rose beyond the realm of the greatest beneath heaven.
• Zuo Xuan ordered the Great Qian troops to retreat, but Li Mu's sword flew toward the ancient pass and shook the Small Secret Realm.
• Old Taoist Xu tried to suppress the sword with the Heavenly Dao's enormous hand and called on Ren Ye for help, but Ren Ye refused to respond.
• Li Mu sent a rain of sword energy through Canyon Pass, piercing the right knees of all twenty-six thousand Great Qian soldiers still fit to fight.

Li Mu’s sword strike crippled the imperial army, but the Heavenly Dao’s wrath followed him through a Star Gate and found only Ren Daguo’s corpse in the Real World. As the battle at Canyon Pass turned against the imperial troops, Li Yan spotted a black-robed man on Qingliang Mountain and shouted for him to come down.

• Li Mu’s sword strike shattered the right kneecaps of twenty-six thousand imperial soldiers, and Zuo Xuan realized their Wound-Healing Pills could not overcome the sword intent.
• The Heavenly Dao’s sword pierced Li Mu in the Princess Tomb, but he had already died; it then followed his lingering aura through a Star Gate to the Real World.
• The sword found Ren Daguo’s corpse at the Tree Rings Hotel, where a bald old man appeared, left a Buddhist lamp beside him, and vanished.
• Guo Caier and the others led three thousand Supernatural Ability Users into Canyon Pass, while Yang Nan sent Xu Peng and two hundred New Year's Watchers toward Qingliang Mountain.
• Zuo Xuan rallied the generals who could still fight, but the exhausted imperial troops lost the pass after a brief clash.
• Li Yan retreated toward Qingliang Mountain, saw a black-robed man on its summit, and yelled at him to stop watching and save himself.

Ren Ye sealed Princess Anping’s coffin and was told to extend his perception toward heaven and earth, while the Court Faction’s players reached Qingliang Mountain. The black-robed man guarding the tomb killed more than twenty attackers with his bare hands, and Old Liu recognized him as Brother Li as the chapter hinted at the powerful being behind his body.

• Li Mu’s robe fell over Princess Anping’s corpse, and her body withered to a skeleton as she finally closed her eyes.
• Ren Ye sealed the coffin and surveyed all of Qingliang Prefecture before Old Taoist Xu urged him to extend his perception toward heaven and earth.
• The Court Faction’s Supernatural Ability Users broke through Canyon Pass and several groups raced toward Princess Anping’s Tomb.
• The black-robed man left the summit and killed the gloomy young man with one punch before eating his Bone-Eroding Gu.
• The black-robed man killed the remaining Chaos Faction players, and Old Liu recognized him as Brother Li.
• The chapter recalled the Outsider’s massacre in the tomb and suggested that a powerful figure had descended upon Qingliang Mountain in a peerless body.